Stockton

[stok-tuhn]

noun

1. Frank R. Francis Richard Stockton, 1834–1902, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

2. John, born 1962, U.S. basketball player.

3. a city in central California, on the San Joaquin River.

Stockton

¹

/ ˈstɒktən /

noun

1. an inland port in central California, on the San Joaquin River: seat of the University of the Pacific (1851). Pop: 271 466 (2003 est)

Stockton

²

/ ˈstɒktən /

noun

1. 1st Earl of. title of (Maurice Harold) Macmillan

Example Sentences

At Sikh places of worship in Stockton, the community has initiated English classes for truck drivers, said Raman Dhillon, CEO of the North America Punjabi Trucking Assn., which has 2,500 members.

From Los Angeles Times

All six were identified as residents of the Stockton area and Mexican nationals, sheriff’s officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

We are talking about Sacramento’s Stockton Boulevard, where Vietnamese men congregate in the cafes every afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times

Trena Turner, a pastor in Stockton and fellow commissioner, said she’s tremendously proud of the commission’s work and believes its impartial approach to political line-drawing is a model the rest of America should embrace.

From Los Angeles Times

He said he was told by Oceangate's CEO Stockton Rush that the craft would undergo a safety assessment by an independent marine organisation, known as certification.

From BBC